Pneumatic tire and inflation means therefor.



R. & N. HARRIS. PNEUNITIC TIRE AND INFLATION MEANS THEREFOR.

AAPPLICATION FILED DE.1o,19'15. n

' Patented J une' 6,- 1916.

MI5/M133 REBECCA HARRIS-AND NATHAN HARRIS, OFVNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PNEUMATIC TIRE AND INFLATION MEANS THEREFOR.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, REBECCA HARRIS and NATHAN HARRIS, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and the State of Newl ersey, have invented certain new and useful tion,

Improvements in PneumaticTires and Inlation Means Therefor, of; which the following is the speciiication.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a plurality of iniatable members within the shoe or casing of a tire whereby in the event of a puncture, the injury will be only local and the remainder of the tire will be unaffected thereby. i

A further object of the deviceis to provide `a plurality yof iniatable members adapted to take the place of theordinary inner tube in a pneumatic tire, the same being provided with means whereby any of the said members may be simultaneously iniiated or defiated at will.

A still further obj ect is to provide a single I inflation conduit for a plurality of pneupanying drawings,

broken away and partly matic members, individual normally closed valve within the said conduit while a manually operable means is arranged within the conduit for opening the said valve simultaneously at the will of the operator.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accomand then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views z--Figure 1 is a side elevation of one-half of a pneumatic wheel of the present construction, partially in'section. Fig. 2 is a radial transverse sectional enlarged detail view through the rim conduit valve andv i adjacent portion of one of the pneumatic members. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view vthrough a portion of the conduit and one of the iniiatlon valves and l Specication of Letters Patent.

Application iled December 10, 1915. Serial No. 66,229.

each ofthe latter having an l the pneumatic members within the vconduit '1i to the adjacent portion of the pneumatic memthereof.

Patented J une 6,

berattached thereto, and, Fig. 4 is a view slmilar to Fig. 3, with a portion ofthe valve and pneumatic member in side 'elevation and showing the operating means for releasing the valves. 1

In the present embodiment of the inventhe same is herein illustrated in connection with a wheel having `a hub 10, spokes-11 and the usual form of clencher rim 12 in which anouter shoe or casing 13 of a pneumatic tire is adapted to be removably arranged as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. An annular conduit .14 is carried centrally of the inner face of the rim 12 intermediate the side flanges 15 thereof, being secured in position by means of screws 16 extending through opposite ber 19 therein substantially semi-circular in cross-section, 'the diametrical side of the conduit being closed by an annular plate 20 removably attached to the side walls of the conduit by means'of the screws 21, the said plate 20 being slightly concaved longitudinally thereof.

A plurality of spherical pneumatic mem-l bers 22 are adapted for positioning upon the conduit plate 2O insubstantial contact'with each other, being maintained upon the said plate by having `the nipple 23 of each pneumatic member positioned ywithin a radial perforation 24 in the said plate.

A valve casing 25',y is provided for each of 22 being secured the inner face of the plate 20 'thereof by means of the threaded inner end 26 of the adjacent nip ple-23, being screw-threaded thereinto, each of the said casi/rigs having an inflation port 27 arranged inalinement with the bore 2S of the adjacentlnipp'le 23. A metallic guide loop '29 is carried upon the bottom of each valve casing, 25 and is arranged with -a rectangular opening therethrough within which a Hat metallic operating band 30 1sl slidably arrangedthecorresponding rectangular form of the band and loop opening being adapted to prevent the band from revolving during the longitudinal shifting l Anormally resiliently closed valve '31v is pbvided within each casing having an outw'ardly'projecting stem 32, the' latter bes'tantial-ly triangular lug 33 carried ou-ter facev of the said flatband 30.

.through the conduit 111gpositioned v1Within thev path of movement' of .an adjacently/arrangedprojecting subby the An operating shaft 34 'provided with. a lrectangular turn heador wrench hold member 35.v The bandV eX- tends'circumferentially of the rim 12 Withinthe conduit .14 slidably. arranged through each of the' val've loops `29, the free end portions 36 ofthe said band being given a slight-turn 'adjacent-the shaft 34 and then flatly wound thereon in opposite directions withthe terminal ends secured to the said shaft asillustrated in Fig.' 4.

With all of the valves '31 normally closed as sho'wn in Fi-gs. 1 and 3 ofthe` drawings,

'the inflationchamber 19 of the conduit 14 may be vlilledl'with compressed air through l, -a 'usual form' of inflation stem37 communi .eating therewith. It will be understoodthat the pneumaticmembers 22 being arranged Withinv the shoe 13. will be inflated from the inflation chamber 19 through the valve passages 27.and 28 until the pneumatic members, 22 are all fully inflated, filling` the shoe 13. sufficiently to forni a tread surfacet f ,-By slidably rotating th shaft 34 through the agency of. its head 35 in the-required direction' vto force the lugs'` 33 against the valve' stems 32, it will be seen that all of thev .valves 31 willl be simultaneously unseated aas? for. allowing ai deflation of the pneumatic 'members 22. Uponrevolving the shaft 34 "in a reversedirection,the'lugs33 are re-4 leased' from the ,stems '32 and the springpressed. valves 31' become' `seated. in their closed positions.- The 'band A30V extending entirely through the. conduitl l14 lwith its `ends secured to the shaft 34 .as'herein illustrated,`it willbe evident thatupon revolv' 4ing the 'shaft in either direction, that one 'end of the ba'nd 30 will be wound thereon i'while the other is'being unwound therefrom,

thus longitudinally shiftingI the. .band 30 bodily in leither direction desired dependent` Y fu-pon 'Which 'direction the shaft 34 is revolved," A device is thusarranged whereby.4 '.a'plurality of'pneumatic members may be' 'simultaneously inflatedas Well as deflated, the 'deflating means fbeing .arranged for -ready operation Withl th'e valve vshifting mechanism thereof entirely vinclosed andv lunobstruote'l from view.

vlll/'hat is claimed as new'is:-.

@all 1 A .device of the class described, comprising in combination with a clencher rim adapted for the-'reception of a tire shoe, an annular conduit having opposite longitudinally' arranged flanges secured to the inner face of the said rim intermediate. the .oppof' is radially journaled` 14 and rim I12 and is' `from the said band and having site edges thereof and provided -with an inflation chamber therein, .the saidconduit arranged per' orations pneumatic" members providedv tangular opening carried by the bottom of each of said Icasings,y a normally-.resiliently closed valvewithin .each of the said casingshaving a stem projecting therefrom, a radially arranged shaft journaled through ythe said-rim and conduit, longitudinally shiftably the said loops and having its opposite ends wound in opposite directions upon and se-` 'cured to the said shaft, and lugs projecting paths of movement in the planes of thepsaid valve Stems.'

2. A tire inflation means comprising an annular conduit substantially Asemi-circular in cross-section having a' removable slightly concaved cover plate arranged 4With .nipple receivingv perforations therethrough, the

said lconduit having an inflation chamber therein, inflation valves within the' said conduit attached to the said plate underlying the said perforations, normally closed valves within' 'the said :casings having-outwardly projecting operating stems 'extend-ing in the same general direction, rectangular loops'upon the said'casings, anoperating shaft journaled throughfthe. said conduit, a band rectangular in cross-section slidably and non-rotatably a'flatmetallic band arranged throughinoI arranged through the said lugs'. and having its opposite end .I portions' laterally turnedand-wound in oppositevv directions upon thesaidshaft withqthe free ends of theI said.

band secured thereto, and valve. openingtriangular shaped lugs' projectingly carried by the said .band within the path of movement ofthesaid valve stems.

3. A device ofthe4 class described comprising a wheel. ri1n,'an inflating conduit positioned outwardly thereof and y'having an. outwardly arranged annular cover plate `slightly arcuate in cross-section provided with perforations, pneumatic -members izo seatedupon said curved plate, vinflation nip- 1 ples carried by said pneumatic members extending through the said' perforations and having inwardly projecting threaded end portions, a separate -valve casing for each of the said pneumatic Amembers ar ranged. withinthe 4said conduit u'pon the` said threaded nipple v ends contacting the saidfplate, an operating. member for lthe said valves .longitudinally shiftably arranged u'ithin the said conduit, rotation ating member, and 'a turn head upon the preventing loops for the said operatingl said shaft inwardly of thesaid rim.`l

member carried b the 'said valve casings, A REBECCA HARRIS. fan .operating sha .journaled through 'the NATHAN HARRIS. 5 said conduit intermediate spaced ones of Witnesses:

the said pneumatic members Aoperatively cen- BEN HARRIS,

nested to .the 'opposite ends of the said oper- JACOB SIFF. 

